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  • APS sharpens skills through training

    A group of 19 Aerial Port personnel from the 38th Aerial Port Squadron board a C-17 on cool brisk morning at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. The destination is a short flight to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, home of the Air Transportation Proficiency Center and Deployment Readiness Training. The

  • Wing announces 2016 annual award winners

    The selection boards for the 315th Airlift Wing Airman, non-commissioned officer, senior NCO, company grade officer, field grade officer and first sergeant for calendar year 2016.

  • Local Charleston Church feeds deploying Airmen

    Airmen from the 315th Airlift Wing Security Forces Squadron enjoyed a pizza luncheon Jan. 6, 2017 at Joint Base Charleston. A Charleston area church provided the pizza, which is a show of support for deploying Airmen and led by the 315th AW Chaplaincy Service.

  • Streamlined program for preparing deployers saves time, improves readiness

    In order to more efficiently prepare Airmen slated for deployment in the coming months, Joint Base Charleston’s 315th Logistics Readiness Squadron tested a training program here during Unit Training Assembly, Jan. 5 and 6, 2017. The 315th is serving as a testbed for the new Expeditionary Readiness

  • RED HORSE cuts ribbon on new facility

    Members from the 560th RED HORSE Squadron, along with joint mission partners and special guests, attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of a new readiness and training facility Jan. 6, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.More than 75 people were in attendance for the event,

  • SecAF highlights progress at AFA breakfast

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James addressed the Air Force Association’s Air Force Breakfast Series Jan. 6, at the Key Bridge Marriot in Arlington, Virginia.

  • Warrior Challenge takes off at 315th AW

    Members of the 315th Airlift Wing participated in a “Warrior Challenge” team building relay event during the early morning hours of Jan. 5th, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

  • Successfully navigate 2017 tax season

    The IRS is expected to begin accepting 2016 Tax Returns on Jan. 24, 2017. While some of us may be used to getting our refunds in early January, many refunds will be delayed several weeks this year because of a new law and increased safeguards against identity theft and fraud. For those claiming the